In this Universal Audio article, Armin van Buuren states he "went to New York to record Miri there in Pro Tools." Due to the date of the article, it can be assumed that the version of Pro Tools that Armin is using is Pro Tools 11.

In this Facebook photo, Steve Aoki is sitting at his production desk. The mixer and arrangement windows have identical elements to those found in Pro Tools; and given the recency of the photo, it's likely to be version 11.

The Avid Pro Tools DAW (digital audio workstation) can be seen in a photo titled "Oct 22 #GKMC" on Kendrick Lamar's Twitter. Pro Tools serves as the main software for Kendrick Lamar's music composition.

"I struggled for a long time with Pro Tools, because in a blind test with analogue I could pick it out as worse every time. But now I can’t tell the difference. I still miss some things about analogue, though, most of all the restriction to 24 tracks and the tape saturation. When you hit zero on digital, things will start to crackle, but tape will try to hug you first. I have a bunch of reel-to-reel tape recorders at Pink Duck, and often will rent a Studer half-inch on which I’ll put a four-track head, to record stuff on, typically drums, percussion and bass, and dump that into Pro Tools. We do that a lot with Queens," says Josh Homme about the Pro Tools program.

Kaskade creates his tracks in the Pro Tools DAW. He says "I'm a ProTools guy, have been for something like fifteen years. It's been a long time, but since the Digi 001 came out, it's been my primary sequencer for everything. I start and end with that. That's where I feel comfortable. When people ask what instrument I play, I'm like, ProTools. Obviously that doesn't count, but in my mind it does."

Carl Cox finishes his productions using Pro Tools. He says, "Yeah, the writing studio in Australia. That’s where I can up the ante and bounce everything down into a Pro Tools system. With Pro Tools I’m able to use some really emotive plug-ins and really bolster the sound into a concept."

In this interview, Richard Devine lists Pro Tools as on of the many DAWs he uses. "I use Nuendo, Logic Pro, Ableton Live, and Pro Tools". Due to the date of the interview, it can be assumed that the version of Pro Tools that Richard is using is version 11.

MF: How is your home studio coming together
CS: I have a Digi 002 at home, a drum set, some amps, mics and a little mic pre. It's funny, I was just thinking about this on the drive in. I have never spent enough time really getting to know how to operate Pro Tools, and every time I do, which is pretty infrequently, it just gets in the way of being creative. The thing that I use more than anything else is the Voice Memo on my iPhone.

"I used computers for the first time when recording ON. I worked on Logic for a while, but switched to Pro Tools in 2003. I have done a number of projects where I've gone to tape first, or mixed down to tape, but since I started using DAWs, I've worked on only a handful of albums without the involvement of a computer. I now work closely with Avid, beta-testing stuff for them, making videos for their teaser ads, and writing music that they can use for demo purposes. The sonic quality of digital is really good now, and there's no going back for me." - [Ken Andrews](http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/jul13/articles/it-0713.htm).

This DAW can be seen in this Instagram picture, uploaded by the artist himself. Given the date this photo was published (March 17th, 2014), it can be assumed that they were using the 11th release of Avid Pro Tools.

Farm was recorded in Mascis’s home studio. I figured that asking about gear was a good place to start our conversation. “It’s on the top floor, the third floor of the house. We recorded to Pro Tools. We have a pretty good setup. It sounds pretty good.

At 3:23 of his Studio Tour, Mark Ronson can be seen using Pro Tools."This is Pro Tools which I've been using for about 10 years. Alot of people do all their programming and sequencing in here but I prefer to use it as a tool once you've done recording all the drums and the bass and the things that you use on tape ;You transfer into Pro Tools and it gives you a bit more flexibility for editing things and fixing some mistakes".

MT: So the rest of the studio is a software-driven affair, with just one or two choice pieces of gear?
GN: “I have no outboard gear to speak of. I use Pro Tools. I used to have an HD3 system with the expansion chassis which was noisy and horrible and I didn’t like it. So when I finished Splinter, I went over to this system which is the native one and was told it would be every bit as good as the HD3.

While I am not sure which Avid Pro Tools edition he is using, it certainly looks like the interface, could mainly tell due to the menu at the top. Also look here http://lifehacker.com/5939740/five-best-audio-editing-applications and you can match the menu at the top towards the end of the video.

This DAW can be seen in this Instagram picture, uploaded by The Magician himself. Given the date this was published (May 19th, 2014) it can be assumed that the version of Pro Tools was the latest at that time (11th release), Avid Pro Tools 11.

, a friend brought Luger an unlicensed copy of FL Studio, a piece of music production software which he uses to this day. He has also incorporated music production workstations such as Maschine and Pro Tools.[1]

"Is ProTools 12 really worth starting a $25 p/month plan in order to upgrade from 11? Apparently I can't even get 11.3.2 without paying now.
"So update: I had a license for 11.3.2 on my account so I don't need to purchase any upgrades ty ty ty"

This DAW can be seen used in this Instagram picture, uploaded by Jerome Price himself. Given the date this photo was posted (7th March, 2015), it can be assumed that Jerome was working with Avid Pro Tools 11.

This DAW can be seen in this Instagram video, uploaded by the artist himself. Due to the date this was published (September 2nd, 2015), it can be assumed they were using the 11th release of Avid Pro Tools at that time.

This DAW can be seen in this Instagram picture, uploaded by the artist himself. Given the date this was published (10th of July, 2017) it can be assumed that he was working with one of the latest versions of Avid Pro Tools avaiable, the 11th release.

Had an easy time learning it at the time of purchase, since it was the first DAW I ever used. Lacks a lot of MIDI capabilities that are standard in other DAWs (e.g. support of MIDI plugins, drum/step editor, and so on)... Audio editing on this DAW is a breeze though.

when I was learning we had reel to reel and ADAT, protools was beyond the financial reach of most studios, schools and musicians

we would concentrate on getting really good sounds and the musicians needed to perform solid takes. punch-ins and 'edits' (we called them splices) were time consuming... on most affordable tape machines the transport was not so hot, so you wanted to avoid punching in at all cost... editing was done with a magnifying glass, a demagnetized razorblade and scotch tape...

point-and-click editing and snapping drums to grid have sucked all the virtuosity from the average album, easier is not always better

there are some people who should not be performing music and protools takes down the old barriers

Takes some time to be familiar with PT, but after that there's no way back.

You have to be patient and start with the basic thing to learn PT. Some online training will work. PT is a professional DAW and the included plugins are basic, but work fine. It's for Windows and Mac and PT11 is native 64 bits. Only AAX-plugins will work. PT10 support also VST and will be shipped with PT11, so you can still use your VST-plugins.

Pro Tools definitely has a learning curve and it's not cheap. That being said, it's still the industry standard and it's very powerful once you know how to use it. I can find my around, having just gotten my 101 level certification, but I still have much to learn. There's a reason Pro Tools still dominates the market in the pro sectors. I'm not a fan of AVIDs pricing on this program as well as about everything else they sell, but they do generally make great products.